If you make your living as a programmer you most certainly want to be thinking like one. Those patterns, best-practices, design principles, preference for stati

If you make your living as a programmer you most certainly want to be thinking like one. Those patterns, best-practices, design principles, preference for static typing etc. all matter when you are paid to develop systems that perform well, are easy to maintain, have few bugs and are delivered on time. If however you are not burdened by such obligations, by all means, go full cowboy.